Carolina Colours hosts tourney for local woman

Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 04:36 PM.

Kathryn “Kay” Wilson was a loyal member to Carolina Colours Golf Club in New Bern all the way up until her passing due to cancer last spring after a seven year battle.

Since her death, on April 3, 2012, Mary Anne Ohsol and David Barnett of the club, have been working to organize a memorial golf tournament in her memory.

“Mary Anne (Ohsol) came up with the idea of having a tournament to honor Kay and to benefit Relay for Life and I thought it was a great idea and offered my assistance in any way,” Barnett said.

This year will be the first of what the club hopes to be an annual event. The format for the tournament is a four-person handicap scramble and is slated for a 1 p.m. shotgun start Friday at Carolina Colours.

“We have about 108 participants and are expecting to raise in excess of $15,000 for Relay for Life,” Barnett said.

Barnett said that he and Ohsol printed flyers and knocked on doors to help get participation in the tournament and raise funds.

“Many people in the community helped out a great deal with $500 donations and became sponsors if they weren’t going to be able to play in it,” Barnett said.

Kathryn “Kay” Wilson was a loyal member to Carolina Colours Golf Club in New Bern all the way up until her passing due to cancer last spring after a seven year battle.

Since her death, on April 3, 2012, Mary Anne Ohsol and David Barnett of the club, have been working to organize a memorial golf tournament in her memory.

“Mary Anne (Ohsol) came up with the idea of having a tournament to honor Kay and to benefit Relay for Life and I thought it was a great idea and offered my assistance in any way,” Barnett said.

This year will be the first of what the club hopes to be an annual event. The format for the tournament is a four-person handicap scramble and is slated for a 1 p.m. shotgun start Friday at Carolina Colours.

“We have about 108 participants and are expecting to raise in excess of $15,000 for Relay for Life,” Barnett said.

Barnett said that he and Ohsol printed flyers and knocked on doors to help get participation in the tournament and raise funds.

“Many people in the community helped out a great deal with $500 donations and became sponsors if they weren’t going to be able to play in it,” Barnett said.

“William E. Simon, a company out of New York that Kay worked for in the past, gave a large donation and became our title sponsor.”

Mike Wilson, the widower, moved with his wife, Kay, from Morristown, N.J. six years ago. He has friends and family members from New Jersey are golfing in the tournament.